Plan 📅 Month 1-2: Strengthening .NET & Angular Core Backend (.NET Core & APIs) ✅ Master ASP.NET Core fundamentals (Controllers, Middleware, Dependency Injection) ✅ Deep dive into Entity Framework Core (query optimization, migrations, performance tuning) ✅ Build RESTful APIs (versioning, JWT authentication, OAuth, Swagger documentation) ✅ Learn Async programming and how to use Task, async/await effectively ✅ Implement Caching strategies (MemoryCache, Redis) Frontend (Angular Core & Best Practices) ✅ Master Angular components, directives, services ✅ Deep dive into RxJS (Observables, Subjects, Operators) ✅ Understand Change Detection & Performance Optimization (OnPush strategy, Lazy Loading) ✅ Work with Forms & Validations (Reactive Forms, FormBuilder, Validators) ✅ Implement Angular Material for UI consistency Project: Build a Task Management System using ASP.NET Core & Angular, implementing authentication, CRUD operations, and caching. 📅 Month 3: Advanced Architecture & Design Patterns Software Architecture & Clean Code ✅ Learn SOLID principles for better code maintainability ✅ Study Design Patterns (Repository, Factory, Mediator, CQRS) ✅ Implement Unit Testing & Integration Testing (xUnit, Moq, Jasmine, Cypress) ✅ Explore DDD (Domain-Driven Design) and CQRS for large-scale applications Project: Refactor the Task Management System to follow Clean Architecture principles. 📅 Month 4: Cloud, DevOps, & Performance Optimization Cloud Computing (Azure & AWS) ✅ Deploy .NET & Angular apps on Azure App Services or AWS Lambda ✅ Learn Azure Functions & Serverless Architecture ✅ Use Blob Storage / S3 for file handling ✅ Implement Identity & Access Management (IAM, OAuth) CI/CD ✅ Set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps ✅ Containerize the app using Docker & Kubernetes ✅ Automate deployments & monitor application health Project: Deploy the Task Management System to Azure/AWS with CI/CD. 📅 Month 5: Mastering Microservices & Distributed Systems Microservices & Message Brokers ✅ Understand Monolith vs. Microservices architecture ✅ Implement gRPC & RabbitMQ for inter-service communication ✅ Learn Event-Driven Architecture with Kafka or RabbitMQ ✅ Use Resilience Patterns (Circuit Breaker, Retry, Rate Limiting) with Polly Project: Refactor the Task Management System into Microservices, integrating with RabbitMQ. 📅 Month 6: Leadership, Soft Skills & Code Excellence Mentorship & Leadership ✅ Conduct Code Reviews & mentor junior developers ✅ Improve communication & stakeholder collaboration ✅ Learn Agile & Scrum methodologies System Design & Scalability ✅ Design highly scalable systems (CDN, Load Balancing, Caching Strategies) ✅ Optimize database queries using Indexes & Query Profiling Final Capstone Project: ✅ Build a Scalable E-commerce Platform with ASP.NET Core, Angular, Microservices, and a CI/CD pipeline By Amr Mahmoud